Luther Lee's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Luther Lee has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2014 Political Courage Test.
Florida Congressional Election 2014 Political Courage Test
| Pro-choice | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| I believe the parents or mother have to make that moral decision but I don't believe tax dollars should fund abortions. | |||
| No | In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending? | ||
| No | In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| I don't believe we should just reduce defense spending in a broad sense. I don't think we should be funding resource wars and funding DOD contracts that go towards anything non defense related in other countries. I think soldiers are generally underpaid and salaries need to be reconsidered. We could cut congressional salaries to help support military pay I'm in favor of the Fair Tax. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| Campaign contributions should be limited. At the very least, it should be absolutely transparent as to the source of funding. | |||
| Yes | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | Do you support lowering taxes as a way of promoting growth in the economy? | ||
| Yes | Do you support providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation? | ||
| Yes | Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants? | ||
| Yes, so long as those reforms are agreed upon at state and county level and don't create any undue burdens on the schools. | |||
| No | Do you support building the Keystone XL pipeline? | ||
| No | Do you support reducing restrictions on offshore energy production? | ||
| Yes | Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| I believe in a common sense approach to regulation. Regulation should be reasonable and make sense to the people that are most affected by it though. | |||
| No | Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? | ||
| I support the Second Amendment | |||
| Yes | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act? | ||
| I believe we should focus more on insurance industry regulation as a means to help Americans find affordable healthcare. I do not believe that citizens should pay a penalty for not wanting to accept health care. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring illegal immigrants to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| Yes | Do you support targeting suspected terrorists outside of official theaters of conflict? | ||
| No | Should the U.S use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the United States from possessing a nuclear weapon? | ||
| Unless they have posed a direct threat to the U.S. | |||
| Yes | Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts? | ||
SpendingIndicate what federal spending levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category; you can use a number more than once.TaxesIndicate what federal tax levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category; you can use a number more than once.
| Maintain Status | a) Agriculture | ||
| Maintain Status | b) Arts | ||
| Maintain Status | c) Defense | ||
| Maintain Status | d) Education | ||
| Maintain Status | e) Environment | ||
| Maintain Status | f) Homeland Security | ||
| Greatly Decrease | g) International aid | ||
| Maintain Status | h) Medical Research | ||
| Slightly Increase | i) Scientific Research | ||
| Slightly Increase | j) Space exploration | ||
| Greatly Decrease | k) United Nations | ||
| Maintain Status | l) Welfare | ||
| a) Capital gains taxes | |||
| b) Corporate taxes | |||
| c) Excise taxes (alcohol) | |||
| d) Excise taxes (cigarettes) | |||
| e) Excise taxes (transportation fuel) | |||
| Eliminate | f) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
| Eliminate | g) Income taxes (middle-income families) | ||
| Eliminate | h) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| i) Inheritance taxes | |||
| j) Payroll taxes | |||
| I would greatly reduce spending on congressional salaries, staff, and office budgets. Currently, the salary stands at $174,000, office budget is roughly $250,000 and staff budget is close to $1,000,000. If we cut $60k from each of these categories, we would put an additional $96,300,000 back into the budget. | |||
| I support the Fairtax. I would be in favor of a consumption tax instead of an income tax. This would give individuals greater control of their finances. | |||
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